FOR 22 YEARS
US release: 9th January 2026Maverick director Steven Spielberg releases his much anticipated, and much delayed, remake of West Side Story which should have been an easy number 1 movie but it was released the same weekend as children's favourite Clifford the Big Red Dog and and the two had a mighty battle for the top spot!
Also new this week is a re-entry for the Christmas favourite Home Alone which gets another holiday release this year and enters at number 7 this week with £122,299.
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UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th December 2021
Director Steven Spielberg brings his latest movie to the big screen, his first since 2018's Ready Player One, and it narrowly hits the top of the weekend box office on its debut weeekend.
The movie which is baed on the 1957 Broadway show of the same name takes £1.297 Million over the weekend.
The movie had a tight fight with Clifford the Big Red Dog and in the end there was less than half a million pound separating them.
Landing at 2 this week is the children's classic animated TV show which here gets the big screen treatment with a large CGI dog.
The movie is directed by Walt Becker and stars Britains own Jack Whitehall, it took £1.293 Million over its debut weekend.
The Ridley Scott directed true life drama falls to 3 this week taking £779,973 on its 3rd weekend of release, a 48% drop over last weekend which gives it a UK total gross of £7.3 Million.
The Disney animated feature falls to 4 this week with £635,387, a 50% drop over last week, giving the movie a 3 week total of £4.2 Million.
Finishing off the top 5 this week is the Ghostbusters sequel which takes £585,505 on its 4th weekend of release, a 45% drop, giving it a £10.1 Million total.
Last weekend saw House of Gucci at the top of the UK box office, with 6 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?
Here are this weeks new releases
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Based on the animated series of the same name, Clifford the Big Red Dog is a live action movie with a CGi big red dog, the movie has been given a PG age rating in the UK
The movie stars Darby Camp as Emily Elizabeth and British comedian Jack Whitehall along with appearances by John Cleese and Izaac Wang.
The movie is directed by Walt Becker who directed Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip in 2015.
Movie Synopsis
When Emily Elizabeth meets a magical animal rescuer who gives her a little red puppy, she never anticipated waking up to find a giant, 10-foot hound in her small New York City apartment. With her single mother away on business, Emily and her fun but impulsive uncle set out on an adventure that takes a bite out of the Big Apple.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Eternals stays at the top of the US box office for a second weekend despite a challenge from the kids movie Clifford the Big Red Dog which comes in at number 2.
Further down the box office the new movie from Kenneth Branagh, Belfast, makes its box office debut at number 8 with a debut gross of $1.8 Million.
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US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 12th - 14th November 2021
Marvels latest movie stays at the top of the US box office for a second weekend taking $27.5 Million, a large 61% drop over last weekend.
This is a in line with the other Marvels films of 2021 with Black Widow dropping 67% on its second weekend (it was available on Disney+) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings dropping 50%.
The movie has taken $118.7 Million in the US so far which is a little lower the the other 2 2021 Marvel movies but too far off, the Chloe Zhao movie did get unfavourable reviews on release which will have perhaps stopped the casual viewer.
Based on the Animated series of the same name this live action version is directed by Walt Becker and stars Darby Camp and Jack Whitehall and father and daughter.
The movie got its debut on Wednesday of last week and has taken $22.2 Million since release, but over the Friday - Sunday release window took $16.4 Million.
The movie based on the sci-fi classic novel falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of $5.5 Million, a small 28% drop over last weekend considering its on its 4th weekend of release.
The total gross of the film now sits at $93.1 Million in the US, and it should break past the $100 Million mark before it leave cinemas, it has been available on HBO Max since release which will have affected its box office gross.
Daniel Craigs final Bond movie falls to number 4 this weekend with $4.6 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a small 25% drop over last weekend which is excellent for a movie this old, and it got its streaming release this week in the US.
The movie has now taken a very good $150.4 Million in the US which makes it the 4th top movie of 2021.
The film is still the lowest grossing DAniel Craig Bond outing, but there is a chance it could catch up with his early outings, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace which both took just shy of $170 Million in the US.
Sony's Spiderverse villain movie has ended up being a big hit in the US and this week after 7 weeks of release falls to number 5 with a weekend gross of $4 Million, a very small 10% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an amazing $202.7 Million in the US and is the second top grossing movie of 2021 behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
As happens each year the night before the Oscar nominations are announced the Razzie nominations are announced which celebrated the worst in cinematic achievements through the year.
Leading the field this year is the Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, which lets face it was truly awful and in the field for worst film along with All About Steve, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Land of the Lost and Old Dogs should win quite comfortably.
As these awards are something which are not taken too seriously, even by the foundation, in the worst actor category we have all 3 Jonas brothers up for a single nomination, in the same category we have Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy (who has had his fare share of nominations) and John Travolta.
Worst actress nods go to Beyonce, Sandra Bullock, Myley Cyrus, Megan Fox and Sarah Jessica Parker, and guess which of these was in the Transformers movie that may just pip the rest at the post.
The categories are not in the usual fashion and there is a category for Worst Screen Couple for which the Jonas brothers feature again and Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, which of course the Transformers film appears in.
As we celebrated the end of a decade last year there are also categories for picture, actress and actor that were the worst of the naughties.
For more info check out the Razzies website and here is the nomination list
WORST PICTURE OF 2009
"All About Steve"
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
"Land of the Lost"
"Old Dogs""
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (a.k.a. "Trannies, Too")
WORST ACTOR OF 2009
All Three Jonas Brothers, "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience"
Will Ferrell, "Land of the Lost"
Steve Martin, "Pink Panther 2"
Eddie Murphy, "Imagine That"
John Travolta, "Old Dogs"
WORST ACTRESS Of 2009
Beyonce, "Obsessed"
Sandra Bullock, "All About Steve"
Myley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
Megan Fox, "Jennifer’s Body" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Sarah Jessica Parker, "Did You Hear About the Morgans?"
Any Two (or More) Jonas Brothers, "The Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Experience"
Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper, "All About Steve"
Will Ferrell and any co-star, Creature or "Comic Riff," "Land of the Lost"
Shia Lebouf & Either Megan Fox or Any Transformer, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Kristin Stewart and either Robert Pattinson or Taylor Whatz-His-Fang, "Twilight Saga: New Moon"
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF 2009
Candice Bergen, "Bride Wars"
Ali Larter, "Obsessed"
Sienna Miller, "G.I. Joe"
Kelly Preston,"Old Dogs"
Julie White (as Mom), "Trannies, Too"
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF 2009
Billy Ray Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
Hugh Hefner (as himself), "Miss March"
Robert Pattinson, "Twilight Saga: New Moon"
Jorma Taccone (as Cha-Ka), "Land of the Lost"
Marlon Wayans, "G.I. Joe"
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL (COMBINED CATEGORY FOR 2009)
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
"Land of the Lost"
"Pink Panther 2" (A Rip-Off of a Sequel to a Remake)
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"Twilight Saga: New Moon"
WORST DIRECTOR OF 2009
Michael Bay, "Trannies, Too"
Walt Becker, "Old Dogs"
Brad Silberling, "Land of the Lost"
Stephen Sommers, "G.I. Joe"
Phil Traill, "All About Steve"
WORST SCREENPLAY OF 2009
"All About Steve," screenplay by Kim Barker
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," screenplay by Stuart Beattie and David Elliot & Paul Lovett, based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe Characters.
"Land of the Lost," written by Chris Henchy & Dennis McNicholas, based on Sid & Marty Krofft's TV series
"Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen," written By Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman, based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures
"Twilight Saga: New Moon," screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer
WORST PICTURE OF THE DECADE (3 SPECIAL 30TH RAZZIE-VERSARY AWARDZ)
"Battlefield Earth" (2000) -- Nominated for 10 Razzies, "winner" of 8 (including Worst Drama of Our First 25 Years)
"Freddy Got Fingered" (2001) -- Nominated for nine Razzies, "winner" of five
"Gigli" (2003) -- Nominated for 10 Razzies, winner of seven (including Worst Comedy of Our First 25 Years)
"I Know Who Killed Me" (2007) -- Nominated for nine Razzies, "winner" of eight
"Swept Away" (2002) -- Nominated for nine Razzies, "winner" of five
WORST ACTOR OF THE DECADE
Ben Affleck -- (Nominated for nine "achievements,"winner" of two Razzies) "Daredevil," "Gigli," "Jersey Girl," "Paycheck," "Pearl Harbor," "Surviving Christmas"
Eddie Murphy -- (Nominated for 12 "achievements," "winner" of three Razzies) "Adventures of Pluto Nash," "I Spy," "Imagine That," "Meet Dave," "Norbit," "Showtime"
Mike Myers -- (Nominated for four "achievements," "winner" of two Razzies), "Cat in the Hat," "The Love Guru"
Rob Schneider -- (Nominated for six "achievements," "winner" of one Razzie) "The Animal," "Benchwarmers," "Deuce Bigalo: European Gigolo," "Grandma's Boy," "The Hot Chick," "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," "Little Man," "Little Nicky"
John Travolta -- (Nominated for six "achievements," "winner" of the Razzies) "Battlefield Earth," "Domestic Disturbance," "Lucky Numbers," "Old Dogs," "Swordfish"
WORST ACTRESS OF THE DECADE
Mariah Carey – (The Single Biggest Individual Vote Getter of the Decade: 70+% Of ALL Votes For Worst Actress Of 2001), "Glitter"
Paris Hilton (Nominated for five "Achievements," "Winner" of four Razzies) "The Hottie & The Nottie," "House of Whacks," "Repo: The Genetic Opera"
Lindsay Lohan -- (Nominated for five "achievements," "winner" of three Razzies) "Herbie Fully Loaded," "I Know Who Killed Me," "Just My Luck"
Jennifer Lopez -- (Nominated for nine "achievements," "winner" of two Razzies) "Angel Eyes," "Enough," "Gigli," "Jersey Girl," "Maid in Manhattan," "Monster-in-Law," "The Wedding Planner"
Madonna -- (Nominated for six "achievements," "winner" of four Razzies) "Die Another Day," "The Next Best Thing," "Swept Away"